Nikšić police have filed criminal charges against the former executive director of the city company "Vodovod i kanalizacija" Velizar Vojinović (70) and former members of the Board of Directors - Goran Simović (54), Borislav Čolović (64), Tanja Ognjenović (48) and Velimir Bogdanović (79), on suspicion of committing criminal acts of abuse of position in business operations.
They are suspected of having damaged the local budget by around 94.000 euros through illegal actions.
As "Vijesti" unofficially learned, Vojinović is suspected of spending the company's money to buy clothes, perfumes, tools, food and drinks, fuel, medicines, sports equipment, and pay for hotel stays...
"Based on the evidentiary measures and actions taken, the seized and analyzed business documentation, as well as the information collected, police officers have come to a reasonable suspicion that the former executive director of this company, VV (70), committed the aforementioned criminal offense by abusing his official position in the period from 2017 to 2021, without legal basis and without the knowledge and approval of the Board of Directors, opening sub-accounts of the company's regular account with a commercial bank for himself and the technical director, and obtaining business debit payment cards that were used for private purposes," the police statement states.
It is added that in this way the suspect obtained unlawful material gain for himself in the amount of 53.794 euros, and for another person 9.644 euros, causing damage to this company in the total amount of 63.438 euros.
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According to unofficial information provided by "Vijesti", Vojinović took out payment cards on his own initiative, without the approval of the Board of Directors, in order to repeatedly withdraw cash from ATMs.
"Also, there is a reasonable suspicion that the former members of the Board of Directors of this company from the period 2019–2021, namely GS (54), B. Č. (64), TO (48) and VB (79), committed the criminal offense of abuse of position in business operations by making a decision in March 2021 to approve the request for amicable termination of the employment relationship of the executive director VV, on the basis of which an agreement on termination of employment was concluded in May 2021, and on that basis he was paid a severance pay in the amount of 30.600 euros, although in the same month he became eligible for an old-age pension. In this way, they obtained an unlawful material benefit in the amount of 30.600 euros from the named person, to the detriment of the company "Vodovod i kanalizacija" doo Nikšić," the police said.
The police announced that, in cooperation with the competent prosecutor's offices, they will continue with a thorough and professional investigation, with a decisive, consistent and non-selective implementation of activities aimed at detecting and prosecuting corruption crimes, abuse of official position and other illegalities in the work of management bodies and responsible persons, regardless of the function, status or previous position of individuals, with the aim of strengthening the rule of law and preserving the integrity of the system's institutions.
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